Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Contentious; given to strife; exciting contention.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Exciting contention; contentious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Exciting
contention ;contentious .
Etymologies
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bate + -ful
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